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- 1 Initialism of Department of Environmental protection. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 Clipping of department. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
- 2 Clipping of deposit. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
- 3 Initialism of delayed entry program. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
"A DEP allows a recruit to complete education before joining the military."
- 4 Clipping of departure. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of data execution prevention. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 A deposition. countable, informal, uncountable
"Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep."
- 7 A deputy. countable, informal, uncountable
"[A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us."
- 8 A dépanneur. Canada, Quebec, countable, informal, uncountable
- 9 A dependency. countable, informal, uncountable
- 1 To deputize. informal
"Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001)."
- 2 depart or departs
- 3 deposed
Etymology
Clipping of department, originally slang from Imperial College, first attested c. 1930.
*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"
*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"
*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"
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